During this year, I'm planning on using the book 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Kartchner. I've had the book for a year and love it but haven't really done much in it. I decided that this would be my year to use it. So, today I bring you Challenge 1.
Challenge 1 is to get inspired by an outfit. I have tried this one time and time again. I mostly scrapbook my daughter so I went through her drawers and closet. I went through mine. I even went through my husband's!! But nothing inspired me. Last year for Father's Day, Elizabeth picked out a cute dress to wear with bright dots on it. She decided she had to wear her tiara as well. Two year olds...what are you going to do? I snapped a couple photos of her being the silly girl she is.
Looking at the photos I was drawn to the circles in the dress. I found some paper from Basic Grey's Oh Baby Girl! line that I love so much. I did the page in just a short time before I even realized I had drawn inspiration from an outfit!
I just love the dots! It's hard to see in the photos but there's a cluster of button flowers on the pink ribbon around her waist. I added the three white flowers that I inked with some distress ink in a cluster. To mimic the pink ribbon at her waist, I used the wide paper ric-rak from Bazzill just the edge line. It wasn't straight but I had so many straight lines I wanted a little bit of movement to go with all the movement in the photos. She was dancing and jumping like crazy when I took them! I know I got a sketch for this from somewhere but I can't recall off the top of my head. If you recognize, let me know and I'll be happy to give credit.
This week I challenge you to draw some inspiration from an outfit in your closet, your child's closet, or even from a magazine or a rack in a store. Use it to create a page. I hope you'll share your links here so I can see the great pages y'all make.
See y'all later!
Showing posts with label 52 Challenges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 52 Challenges. Show all posts
Monday, January 2, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Year's Resolution
Well, I'm trying blogging again. It's been over a year. A lot has happened. And I think I need to make sure I'm being a creative person so I can be a happy person. I've found that when I devote myself solely to the day to day things around the house and around my job that I'm not a happy person. When I'm not a happy person, my depression grows worse and I withdraw from everything. This year, I'm going to work on being different.
I've heard a lot of talking about a class at Big Picture Classes called One Little Word by Ali Edwards. I've been following her blog and just love it. I'd love to take the class too but the price is a little too much for me considering some things that have just happened. But, I have picked a word for me to think about and work with in 2012. My one little word is Focus. I want to focus on my family. I want to focus on my house. I want to focus on things that make me happy. I really want to focus on scrapbooking because that allows me to let out my creativity and really makes me happy.
Tomorrow is January 1, 2012. I want to focus on updating my blog at least twice a week. I'm going to be working on a challenge a week from the book 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Kartchner. I think I'll try doing one a week and hopefully inspire some of my readers to try the challenge too.
I'm also, at the end of the week, going to post my Project Life for that week. This is the first year I'm doing Project Life by Becky Higgins. I saw it talked about a lot last year and thought it would be too overwhelming. This year, I feel like I'm in a better place for it. I've bought the Amber Core Kit, Amber Binder, dividers, and a big pack of style A page protectors. I'm really excited about it. I purchased a photo printer a while ago in the hopes of being able to do this project and help keep up with it. I really like the quality of the photos from my iPhone 4S so I think that will be my primary camera for this project.
Matt has been supportive of Project Life. I'm hoping he'll be able to add his thoughts and feelings too as well as getting Elizabeth (age 3) to fill in some of the cards with her artwork.
2012 is a year I want to focus on my creativity. I want to turn my house into a home. We moved in three years ago and still have a ton of boxes everywhere. I'm going to try to get some of those things sorted and put away or donated to someone who can really use them. I want my focus to be on happiness - for myself and for my family. Tomorrow, look for my first Project Life post and my first 52 Week Challenge post.
Hugs!!
Amy
I've heard a lot of talking about a class at Big Picture Classes called One Little Word by Ali Edwards. I've been following her blog and just love it. I'd love to take the class too but the price is a little too much for me considering some things that have just happened. But, I have picked a word for me to think about and work with in 2012. My one little word is Focus. I want to focus on my family. I want to focus on my house. I want to focus on things that make me happy. I really want to focus on scrapbooking because that allows me to let out my creativity and really makes me happy.
Tomorrow is January 1, 2012. I want to focus on updating my blog at least twice a week. I'm going to be working on a challenge a week from the book 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Kartchner. I think I'll try doing one a week and hopefully inspire some of my readers to try the challenge too.
I'm also, at the end of the week, going to post my Project Life for that week. This is the first year I'm doing Project Life by Becky Higgins. I saw it talked about a lot last year and thought it would be too overwhelming. This year, I feel like I'm in a better place for it. I've bought the Amber Core Kit, Amber Binder, dividers, and a big pack of style A page protectors. I'm really excited about it. I purchased a photo printer a while ago in the hopes of being able to do this project and help keep up with it. I really like the quality of the photos from my iPhone 4S so I think that will be my primary camera for this project.
Matt has been supportive of Project Life. I'm hoping he'll be able to add his thoughts and feelings too as well as getting Elizabeth (age 3) to fill in some of the cards with her artwork.
2012 is a year I want to focus on my creativity. I want to turn my house into a home. We moved in three years ago and still have a ton of boxes everywhere. I'm going to try to get some of those things sorted and put away or donated to someone who can really use them. I want my focus to be on happiness - for myself and for my family. Tomorrow, look for my first Project Life post and my first 52 Week Challenge post.
Hugs!!
Amy
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)